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Laura Montero gives a thumbs up in Coronado as she's handed over to medical personnel on shore by members of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. She underwent an emergency appendectomy aboard the carrier after sailors rescued her from a cruise ship.

Laura Montero gives a thumbs up in Coronado as she's handed over to medical personnel on shore by members of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. She underwent an emergency appendectomy aboard the carrier after sailors rescued her from a cruise ship. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Laura Montero gives a thumbs up in Coronado as she's handed over to medical personnel on shore by members of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. She underwent an emergency appendectomy aboard the carrier after sailors rescued her from a cruise ship.